October 9, 2011
Experience is the best teacher. At least this is what we learn from King David in Psalm 103. We, too, like his confession because we too have come to believe that we cannot help being or doing what we are.…
October 5, 2011
The wise Salomon wrote, “Buy the truth and do not sell it” (Prov.23: 23). Isaiah added, “Truth is nowhere to be found” (59: 14). Jeremiah moaned, “Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips” (7: 28). We all seem…
October 1, 2011
In some religious circles, God or His Spirit is not likely to speak to the educated. God focuses on the heart and not on a person’s standing in the world (I Sam.16: 7). That is why God chooses the humble…
September 28, 2011
Recently, we listen to a clergy trying to assure us that there is a God. I, too, engaged in speculation about God in a 30 minutes sermon. It has been an endless quest. Like Philip, we too, asked, “Lord, show…
September 25, 2011
We are number conscious. We judge success by numbers. We regard churches as growing by their constant increase in numbers. We gather around people with distinction and appeal. Paul the Apostle faced a similar situation. He posed this question, “I…
September 21, 2011
Marriage in our world is so out of wack that it is refreshing to read about love making when it was romantic and divinely guided at the same time. We find such a lesson on marriage in Genesis 24. In…
September 16, 2011
Jesus was teaching in the Temple and what He was talking about disturbed the priests. They demanded to know who had given Jesus the authority to interfere in their affairs. Jesus never answered the question directly; but, He let His…
September 11, 2011
Gehazi was in the service of the prophet Elisha. He was the prophet’s bodyguard and messenger. He disobeyed orders, made one mistake and suffered for it. He had a problem with wanting something, he did not deserve. He did not…
September 7, 2011
A week ago, an email from a friend asked us to share their grief with them. Maru had departed this world and left them with emptiness and sadness. What we heard was heart warming. We asked Craig and Yukiko to…
September 3, 2011
“No one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. And no…